Appius Claudius Caecus, son of Caius, censor, consul twice, dictator, interrex three times, praetor twice, curule aedile twice, quaestor, military tribune three times, has taken many fortresses of the Samnites, has defeated the army of the Sabines and Etruscans, has prevented the concluding of peace with the king Pyrrhus, during his censorship has paved the Appian way and has conducted water to the city, has built the temple of Bellona.